Electrical resistors – Resistance value responsive to a condition – Gas – vapor – or moisture absorbing or collecting
Patent
1976-01-12
1977-03-15
Queisser, Richard C.
Electrical resistors
Resistance value responsive to a condition
Gas, vapor, or moisture absorbing or collecting
73 23, 23254E, G01N 2712
Patent
active
040127095
ABSTRACT:
A sensor responsive to the partial pressure of oxygen and suitable for inclusion in an internal combustion engine exhaust gas environment is disclosed. The sensor is comprised of a ceramic material fabricated from an alloy of cobalt monoxide and magnesium oxide. The ceramic material exhibits, at elevated temperatures, a direct and generally linear change in the logarithm of its electrical resistance as a function of the partial pressure of oxygen. A body of the cobalt-magnesium monoxide ceramic material is supported by a housing formed of a compatible, nonreactive, ceramic material such as alumina. A pair of electrical leads communicate the sensor ceramic body with an external utilization device. The external utilization device may be arranged to measure the change in resistance of the ceramic sensor body in response to its environment. When the sensor is situated in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine or a furnace, the change in electrical resistance of the sensor ceramic body is a measure of the partial pressure of oxygen within the exhaust system and is also indicative of the air/fuel ratio of the combustion mixture which has produced the exhaust gases of the sensor's environment. In a preferred embodiment, the external utilization device is arranged to modulate or control the air/fuel ratio of the combustion mixture in response to the sensor.
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Logothetis Eleftherios M.
Park Kwansuh
Benziger Robert Z. A.
Ford Motor Company
Kreitman Stephen A.
Queisser Richard C.
Zerschling Keith L.
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